Giant’s Causeway,
Antrim Coast
www.giantscausewaycentre.com
Causeway Head, Co. Antrim. Open access.
Giant’s Causeway Visitor Centre.
T: +44 28 2073 1855
June:10am-6pm; Jul-Aug: 10am-7pm;
September-May: 10am-5pm.
This is the most spectacular ‘handiwork’ of the
giant Finn McCool whose story our pint-sized
diarist, Keshav, told you so delightfully. This is
Northern Ireland’s most visited attraction, and
–Š‡ ‘Ž› ‘”Ž† ‡”‹–ƒ‰‡ ‹–‡ ‹ ƒŽŽ ‘ˆ
Ireland. Few sights in the world are as
mind-boggling as the thousands of many- sided
columns marching along the Antrim coast, and
bunched together to form a tall plateau. You
can clamber over it to see spectacular views of
sea and land. Its creation began 60 million
years ago and ended ‘only’ 15,000 years ago.
Most of the perfectly formed polygon blocks
Šƒ˜‡ ϐ‹˜‡ ƒ† •‹š •‹†‡•ǡ „—– •‘‡ Šƒ˜‡ ˆ‘—”ǡ
seven, and eight. There is supposed to be only
one with three sides. Don’t try to look for it.
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